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Yes Google, 2/3 is TOTALLY the same as 1/2 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by Mercuri@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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Probably should've just asked Wolfram Alpha

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[โ€“] mister_flibble@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm guessing whatever it scraped to generate this was intended for divvying up food rather than doing actual math. 1/3 plus a third of a third is close enough to a half if you're talking about portioning out pizza or leftovers or what have you.

[โ€“] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Yep, the difference between .444... And .5 is only .0555...

Who notices 5 nintieths of something? That's going to be within the error of sloppy measuring anyways